Man-Made Climate Change, Energy and Economics

More Americans must become better educated and have stronger opinions on man-made climate change, energy and the economics of both because it could be the 3 issues that bring the US to its knees if we don’t bring honest debate, common sense and facts back into the discussion.

We should push for renewable energy, it will advance but even then, it still has to make economic sense. The taxpayers should not be on the hook for billions and trillions of dollars’ in subsidies if the technology is completely unaffordable, non-reliable nor practical to use. We should be all for private investment in renewables but not for giving massive subsidies to prop up the research surrounding it.

It's a fact that the renewables, no matter what the scenario, isn’t a one size fits all solution. It’s a complete fantasy to believe they alone can replace fossil fuel. The one that makes the most sense is nuclear if people could get over their fears about it. Fantastic research is being done today to make nuclear energy safe but you don’t hear about it because to many environmentalists reject it outright.

Given that then we have to explore for oil, natural gas and coal to keep our lights, heat, air conditioning, agriculture and manufacturing industries going. They’re all finite resources of course and hopefully someday the science, the economics and the wide spread use of renewables will be more readily available and reliable. But we can’t commit economy suicide based on a theory today, and it is a theory that man has and will continue to destroy Mother Gaia, if we use fossil fuels. It’s not a factual argument.

We’ve made great strides on environmental protection but the scales have swung too far the other way with the spending and regulatory side. In the beginning the EPA did help create reasonable protections for air and water quality. The gasoline powered cars today burn very clean fuel and emit half the amount of carbon monoxide as they once did and we can thank the EPA for leading the way on that one issue. The air quality in major cities has vastly improved as a result. 

 Air Quality vs Pollution 

The problem is to many people believe man-made climate change and bad air quality are one in the same. They are two completely different subjects and are not connected. carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are 2 different gases, you’d be amazed how many don’t know the difference. 

One thing is a factual certainty carbon dioxide (CO2) is NOT a pollutant and the global warming debate has nothing to do with pollution. The average person has been misled and is confused about what the current global warming debate is about which is greenhouse gases. None of which has anything to do with air pollution.
 
People are confusing smog, carbon monoxide (CO) and the pollutants in car exhaust with the life supporting, essential trace gas in our atmosphere carbon dioxide, (CO2). Real air pollution is already regulated under the 1970's Clean Air Act and regulating carbon dioxide (CO2) will do absolutely nothing to make the air we all breath "cleaner".
 
They are also misled to believe that (CO2) is polluting the oceans through acidification but there is nothing unnatural or unprecedented about current measurements of ocean water pH and a future rise in CO2 will likely yield growth benefits to corals and other sea life.

CO2 is in our every breath, in the carbonated sodas and waters that we drink and in the dry ice that helps us keep our food cold and safe. We breathe in 400 parts per million and then exhale 40,000 parts per million with no ill effects.

We breathe the 40,000 ppm into victims needing CPR and it does not cause them to die! 

The monitoring systems in U.S. submarines do not provide an alert until CO2 levels reach 8,000 ppm which is higher that natural CO2 levels have been on Earth in the last 540 million years.

CO2 is a great airborne fertilizer which, as its concentrations rise, causes additional plant growth and causes plants to need less water. Without CO2, there would be no life (food) on Earth. The 120 ppm of CO2 added to the atmosphere since the start of the industrial revolution has caused an average increase in worldwide plant growth of over 12 percent and of 18 percent for trees.

There is not a single instance of CO2 being a pollutant. Ask any chemistry professor. The only thing being polluted is young minds and useful idiots.

Endless Government Subsides

As of 2015 Elon Musk had received government checks totaling $5 billion dollars, it’s chump change compared to the unicorn budget that the lunatic Gore wants to wallow in but he still hasn’t delivered a reasonably priced car for working families.

Al Gore recently said $15 trillion dollars in investment are needed to keep the earth from spinning into global apocalypse. Of course, $9 trillion of that amount would fund companies he has financial interests in.

The Math Matters

My question is where does that money come from, the US government by way of the taxpayers? Do we borrow more money from China? Is doubling our national debt a wise investment considering the science is far from conclusive that man is dramatically effecting climate? Should we be investing billions more on solar and wind when it’s a mathematical and scientific fact they can’t possibly meet are energy needs in the best of scenarios?

The future of the our freedom and its continued existence depend on a sound energy policy, ‘reasonable environmental regulation’ and practicing far better economics at every level of government. Common sense must win the day, not extremism based on an unproven theory.

There is an ideological war going on about social and economic issues but we should all be on the side of freedom and common sense. We just can’t afford to be narrow minded or our country could easily slip into an epic economic collapse. And instead of living in a free and thriving capitalist society we’ll revert to a third world country and economy with the social order swirling into complete chaos.

I doubt believers will read many of the links I've posted if any because there’s a massive amount of data here and it contradicts their opinions. It’s much easier to deny opposing data and not consider any argument that questions the conventional wisdom.

This is the problem we face, hard-core extremists live in an echo chamber and have tried to shut down any debate or research that doesn’t agree with their vision of utopia. I hope more reasonable people are willing to accept that there are other views and they are good arguments to be made to not march in lock step.

Reasonable discussion about energy, economics and the climate change theory has to return to the forefront or I’m fearful a civil war is a real possibility in the future.  Set aside the social differences because these 3 issues may will be the tipping point to our destruction.

Below are some links to support my opinion. 

This video has been out since 2012 but not many made-man climate change believers have watched it.

The Great Global Warming Swindle 

I’ve included this link because the research dollars play a huge role in determining the kind of research being done by scientists and universities on climate change. They have a vested interested in perpetuating the man-made climate change theory for that reason alone, this can’t be denied.

Academics Play the Global Warming Card

What I Learned about Climate Change: The Science is not Settled

Thoughts on the Public Discourse over Climate Change

Russian Scientist: ‘The New Little Ice Age Has Started’

9 Things You Need To Know About The Climate Change Hoax

Mathematical proof that man-made climate change is a total hoax

Renewable solar and electric car subsidies cost taxpayers billions.

Tax Subsidies for Renewables Now Far Outpaces Fossil Fuels

Elon Musk's growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies

Cut off Elon Musk's Government Subsidy Gravy Train

Taxpayer Weaned SolarWorld Comes to an End

Renewables policy a scandal, says John Howard

Obama Legacy: List of Failed Obama Green Energy & Solar Companies: Losses in the Billions for Taxpayers. None Succeeded.

Germany Votes To Abandon Most Green Energy Subsidies

The wind energy myth.

Wind turbines don’t make economic sense.

Wind turbines are neither clean nor green and they provide zero global energy

This documentary is dated but still holds true today.

Windfall: The Movie

By many estimates America has at least 300 to 600 years of oil and natural gas reserves.  The national security issue regarding energy is addressed here. This article and the information there in makes us far more secure than depending on solar or wind.

America Now Leads the World In This Surprising Category

An American Oil Find That Holds More Than All of OPEC

Saudi Arabia Surrenders To U.S. Shale

Gorsuch's appointment can't be overstated, it's a major victory for Conservatives

Neil Gorsuch

I was very outspoken about Trump during the primaries. I called him a clown and a loud mouth. I endorsed Scott Walker in the beginning and once he dropped out my support went to Cruz and I voted for him in the primary. 

I had a lot of skepticism about Trump's loyalty to Conservative principles given he was a lifelong Democrat until 2012.

Right up until I received my ballot in the mail I was seriously considering writing Cruz in. In the end, I had no choice, it was impossible to imagine Hillary as President so begrudgingly I pulled the trigger on Trump because a write in vote for Cruz was in reality a vote for Hillary.

I was just as amazed as everyone else was when Trump won the general. Afterwards being the cynic I am I wasn't sure if Trump's rhetoric was just that or if he would follow through with what he said he wanted to do.

In 12 days, he's made good on many of his pledges. The jury is still out on if he'll be a true fiscal Conservative and take a dramatic stand on reducing the size and scope of the federal government which is my primary concern as a fiscal Conservative. 

Massive spending cuts are needed, replacing Obamacare, cutting the legs off the over regulation of the EPA, a sound energy policy by going after our natural resources to be energy independent, corporate and personal tax cuts, better trade policies, enforcing and strengthening immigration laws and returning some sanity to foreign policy have to be big priorities.

Getting any cooperation to tackle these tough issues from the Democrats let alone these lifetime establishment Republicans in DC is the huge fight yet to come for Trump. Using executive orders to reverse Obama's ridiculous ones are all well and good but at some point legislation will have to be passed in DC to achieve any long-term gain.

But the one issue that could affect all of these issues and our country's future for a generation is his Supreme Court nominee. Without a strong Conservative court many of the issues could be reversed or dismantled even if Congress passed Conservative laws.  

Before he won the election I like many other Conservatives thought if Trump could get a quality Conservative on the court that single move would be the single most important act he could make, even if didn't drain a drop out of the swamp in DC.

Trump had to not only win the election but he had to pray that the Republicans could hold onto the majority in the Senate and thank God both come to fruition. Given that Republicans have the majority it’s a forgone conclusion that Gorsuch WILL be appointed to the court no matter how much obstruction the Democrats attempt. If they filibuster the nomination the Republicans have every right to use the ‘nuclear option’ to have a simple majority vote to get him in because Reid and the Democrats used it to get Liberal judges appointed to lower courts during the Obama years.

Last night’s announcement of Neil Gorsuch as the nominee went a long way to convince me that Trump says what he means and means what he says. It’s a huge victory for Conservatives and it’s possible that more justices will retire during Trump’s presidency so in all likelihood the Court will be in the hands of Constitution Conservatives for years to come.

Gorsuch is from Colorado, his life, his principles, his exemplary record as a judge and his belief in the Constitution as an Originalist is as just as strong as his roots in the Rockies. He's exactly the kind of Conservative role model I aspire to be since I grew up there too. He truly believes that we are a country of laws not of men.

I reserve the right to critique the Trump presidency in the future if he sways to far left on spending, reducing the size of government and tax policy but today I can admit I totally underestimated him. I just pray he doesn’t get off the gas pedal and that he pushes back hard on the weak kneed Republicans that don’t have the will or the courage to move on what is right for the country.

I still think Trump opens his mouth way too much and has said some ridiculous and contradictory things but at the end of day it's not what he says it’s what he gets done. And so far, his actions have said far more than his words.